Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/katab-

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬, which could potentially be related through metathesis.

Verb

 * 1) to scrape, to scratch

Reconstruction notes
The meaning "write" is secondary and spread through diffusion rather than inheritance (Huehnergard 2005). In languages where "write" is the only attested sense, the reflex cannot be considered reliable evidence.

Descendants

 * Central Semitic:
 * Northwest Semitic:
 * Canaanite:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * North Ethiopian Semitic:
 * , also
 * South Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Gurage:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * North Ethiopian Semitic:
 * , also
 * South Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Gurage:
 * South Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Gurage:
 * Gurage: